Columnar bill-board and refuse-container.



A. H. WOODS.

COLUMNAR BILL BOARD AND REFUSE CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10, I9 l6.

Patented. Nov. 7, 1916.

llil i IIVI/ENTOR W ATTORNEYS tit? Urn sransrarannr ALBERT H. WOODS, on NEW YORK, n. Y.

CGLUIVIN'AR BILL-BOARD AND REFUSE-CONTAINER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT H. Woons, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county and State of New York, and whose post-oflice address is No. 236 West Fortysecond street, in said city, county, and State, have in vented certain new and. useful llmprovements in Colunmar Bill-Boards and Refuse- Containers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates broadly in one aspect to the art of advertising and in another aspect to the art of sanitation.

More particularly the invention discloses a combined columnar billboard and refusereceiving container for highway installation.

Considered merely as a refuse container, the embodiment of the invention hereinafter described is of attractive appearance, and is provided with means-whereby an inclosed and wind-proof compartment is established to accommodate a refuse-can, whereby such refuse-can is removable when desired easily and without lifting the can vertically from the container, whereby refuse injected through a vertically arranged opening is guided in every instance so as to be properly deposited Within the refuse-can, and whereby the refuse-contents of the can are at all times concealed from the passerby.

The container is provided with a plurality of readily removable side-Wall panels. The presence of at least one of these panels is of particular value in the embodiment when considered merely as a refuse-container for the fact that the refuse-can may be directly removed from the container without lifting the can vertically is due to the provision of such a panel.

Considering the embodiment merely as a columnar billboard, said panels are not only readily removable but interchangeable also; and each of the panels is preferably formed of galvanized iron or some such durable material whereby they may display advertising matter as the result of being painted or having printed posters pasted thereon, to the end that when such advertising matter is to be changed the display of any or all the panels may be .changed by a painter or 'billrposter preferably at a central workshop;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 7, rare. I

Application filed January 10, 1916. serial No. 71,193.

said old panels to be returned to the work- Shop for future use as substitute panels.

feature of the invention is the novel employment-of angle-iron elements whereby a stout and durable construction is attained and whereby convenient and inexpensive slideways for the insertion, removal and retention of the panels are provided.

In the accompanying drawing, in which said embodiment is disclosed as a preferred one, F igure 1 is a central vertical section: F 1g. 2 is a similar view, taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the angle-iron framework for the main body of the device.

Said main body of the device, for primarlly accommodating a refuse can 5, which can may be an ordinary ash or garbage can, includes a top angle-iron frame 6, a bottom angle-iron frame 7, four parallel corner-posts connecting said frames, and a bottom strap 9. A bottom wall 9 may be riveted to bottom frame 7.

Each corner-post is comprised of a pair of angle-iron pieces 10 and 11, as shown best in Fig. 4 the piece 11 being shorter than the piece 10 (see also Figs. 1 and 2) and the piece 10 having its flanges wider than the flanges of the piece 11. Panels 12, the outer surfaces of which may carry advertising matter as described, are of such widths that when one of them is in position between an adjacent pair of posts the side edges of that panel liebetween the edges of the adjacent flanges of the pieces 11 of the posts, the lower edge of said panel rests upon the upper edge 7 (Fig. 4) of bottom frame 7, and the panels are retained vertically in place between the upstanding flange of the top frame 6, the portions of strap 9 which project above the upstanding flange of bottom frame 7, and the portions of the flanges of the pieces 10 which project beyond the flanges of the pieces 11.

With the panels all in position their upper edges are flush with the upper edge of the upstanding flange of frame 6 and with can 5 is below the horizontal flange of top frame 6.

A cover-portion for the main body of the container includes a low back-wall 13 (Fig. l) riveted at its lower portion to an upstanding flange carried by a refuse-deflecting shield 14. To each of the lengths of such flange shown in section in Fig. 2 is riveted a panel-guiding bar 15 and a panelretaining bar 16. A pair of vertical ridgepieces 17 areriveted at their lower ends to the crimped-in corner-portions 14* (Figs. 1

and 2), and a pair of shorter vertical supports 18 are riveted at their lower ends to the adjacent crimped-in corner-portions (one ofthese last-mentioned corner-portions being shown at 14 in Fig. 1), of the upstanding flange of the shield 14. The upper ends of these ridge-pieces 17 and supports 18 are riveted toa roof-frame 19, this roofframe being riveted toback-wall 13 and to front-wall 20, all as shown best in Fig. 1. The opposite slanting lengths and the rear lower length of roof-frame 20 are the only lengths thereofwhich are of angle-iron construction, the upper front length having its horizontal flange removed. This flange is removed so that a readily separable panel 21 may be inserted in the direction of the arrow 21 of Fig. 1 to establish a roof-wall for the cover-portion. Readily separable side-panels 22 are also .provided and-these may be inserted in the direction of the arrow 21 of Fig. 1 to lie as shown best in Fig: Tie-rods 23 extend parallelly as indicated in Fig. 1, and are arranged so that when. panel 21 is inserted it will be supported (see said Fig. 1) by-the edge 19 of the rear lower length of roof-frame 19 and the tierods, the panel being retained against lateral displacement (and now see Fig. 2) by the edges 19 of the-opposite slanting lengths of roof-frame 19. Straight angle-iron pieces 24 are arranged as shown best in Fig. 2, so that the horizontal flanges thereof establish anchoring strips for the roof-panels 21, and so that the depending flanges thereof cooperate with bars 16 to maintain sidepanels 22 against displacement from the vertical. Front-wall 20*is provided with a refuse-injection opening 20.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the cover-portion is hinged to the main body-portion of the container at 26, the lower leaves of the hinges being riveted to the two rear cornerposts and the upper leaves of said hinges being riveted to the rear-wall 13 of the coverportion.

With the cover-portion of the container closed overthe main body thereof, the shield 14 is so dished and the opening in said shield is so arranged relatively to the refuse-injection opening 20' and to the, open top of can 5 that any injected refuse falling anywhere upon the upper surface of the shield must instantly slide toward and through the opening and into said can, and that none of such refuse may fall into the space between the can and the main body of the container.

The roof-panel 21, sloping downwardly toward the main body of the container and away from the opening 20, acts as a deflector for such refuse as is carelessly flung through the opening and which would, were the roof not sloped as described, perhaps be blown out through thevopening 20 by a sudden gust of wind. The pitch of the roof as just described is also .valuable from the advertising standpoint; and therefore such roof is established as a readily removable panel as above described.

Whenever it is desired to remove refuse can 5 to discharge the contents thereof onto .an ashcart or the like, the cover portion of the container is swung on its hinges to; its open position, andthen any or all the panels 12 may be removed. Ample working space will thereby be provided .whereby the filled and heavy can may be quickly removed without lifting the same vertically.

There may be suitably suspended in the.

upper partof opening 20 a plate 25 to carry on itsouter surface a suitable legend, such as a request that the public use the container or a statement of an appropriate penal provision of the sanitary law. 1

It will thus be seen that there is disclosed an illustrated embodiment of the invention, one well calculated to attain the various ends and objects thereof. Y

I claim:

1. In a device of the kind described, in combination, a refuse can; a protecting structure including side walls so disposed that the can may be arranged between and spaced from said side walls; anda hinged cover for said structure including a roof, depending sidewalls for sp cingthe roof above thetoppf the structure, said roof being sloped, a refuse-injection opening directly below the ridge of the roof-slope, and,

a dished floor wall for the cover, said floor wall having its concave side uppermost and being provided with a central discharge opening adapted to overlie the top of the refuse can when the cover is closed.

2. In a device of the described, in combination, a refuse can; a protecting structure including side walls so disposed 1 that the canmay be arranged between and spaced from said side walls; and a. hinged cover for said structure includinga roof,

depending side walls for spacing the roof above the top of the structure, said roofbeing sloped, a refuse-injection openingdirectly below the ridge of the roof-slope, anda dished floor-wall for the cover, said floor wall having its concave side uppermost and being provided with a central discharge opening of smaller diameter than the diameter of the refuse can and adapted to overlie thetop of the refuse can when the cover is closed. p v

3. In adevice of the kind described, in combination, an open-topped major container a side wall of which is established by a readily removable panel, a minor container located within and removable from the major container through a doorway estab- &

lished by the removal of said panel, and a second minor container located above and removable from the major container; said second minor container including a vertical opening at one end, a roof wall downwardly sloping away from said opening, a floor wall having a substantially central depression therein, and an opening at the bottom of the depression.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ALBERT H. WOODS. 

